Projects

We have undertaken work for pan-governmental institutions, UK government departments, regional and local government groupings, individual public sector organisations, private investor groups, charities, established companies and start-up businesses.

Services

We have successfully completed over 200 projects ranging from small rapid reviews, to larger, process review, change and delivery assignments in both the domestic and international markets.

Collaboration

Crystal Blue collaborates with academic institutions, other consultancy groups and professional organisations both internationally and across the UK to ensure we provide our clients with the best support and most up to date research findings.

Welcome

Crystal Blue is a network-based consultancy firm led by directors Tessa and John Crilly that has been providing high quality economic and financial consultancy to public and private sector clients for over 15 years.

DescriptionAdult social care services face competing demands, in a tight fiscal environment, and Local Authorities need to understand where best to target their resources. We were asked to support the Council in developing a metric to measure the financial and social impact of prevention services. The outputs of the project were: • A clearly defined rationale/methodology for a local metric; • Capacity building – support staff development by showing how the metric would be applied, through a report and a process.

Services providedLiterature review, meet the working group, interview key personnel, develop a model linking prevention/impact/finance, consult with local stakeholders to road-test the model. We developed an Impact Index that allowed the costs and benefits of, for example, Lunch Club A and Lunch Club B to be compared.

HighlightsDifficult commissioning decisions became more transparent. The metric enabled council officers, voluntary services, users and other stakeholders to negotiate a process based on shared values and quantitative evidence.